GroundRules
20VAC5-355-20: Definitions
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20. Public Utilities And Telecommunications
- Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
- Chapter 355. Rules Governing Operator's Responsibility to Redistribute Topsoil
The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Operator" means any person who owns, furnishes, or transports materials or services by means of a utility line.
"Topsoil" means at least 12 inches of the surface soil layer or a six-inch layer of soil that includes the surface soil and the unconsolidated subsoil immediately below it.
"Underground utility line" means an underground pipeline or conduit of an inside diameter greater than 12 inches or an underground electrical transmission or distribution line of a capacity greater than 115 kilovolts.
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